Tanzania / 1992 / 45mins / Documentary / Kimakonde and Swahili

This documentary eye-opening focuses on Mozambican women working in a quarry in Tanzania and caring for their families. Devoid of narration or plot, this video presents a powerful statement on the role of women at the bottom of the international economic order and as consumers in the Western world our relation to them.

Flora M’mbugu-Schelling

Flora M’mbugu-Schelling was born in Tanzania and attended the Tanzanian School of Journalism in Dar es Salaam. She studied and trained in Germany and France. Her documentary films include Kumekucha (From Sun Up – 1987), which won a gold metal at the New York International Film Festival, and Shida and Matatizo (1993); These Hands (1992), deriving its title from a poem she wrote, has received many awards, including the Joris Ivers Award and the Perugia Prize in Italy. Learn More